Romanian environment in need of $20bn

Romania needs about $20-$21bn for financing environmental projects aimed at ecological reconstruction. EU, the banks and international bodies have allotted one billion dollars for this purpose so far. These data were presented by the Ministry of Waters and Environment Protection during the annual meeting of the national and international donors that debated the issue of finding money for investments in environmental protection, starting from the needs included in the plans to implement EU directives and the priorities of the National Environment Protection Plan. The most important environmental projects are those related to water and waste management, nature protection, air quality monitoring, and especially the crossborders projects, which have greatly developed over the last few years. ZF